Format:
ix, 102 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
ISBN:
9781137562067
,
9781137562081
,
9781137562074
Series Statement:
Palgrave pivot
Content:
Susan Nance investigates modernity for animals through the case of Jumbo the elephant in the 1880s. Jumbo exposed the 'human dilemma' of modern living, wherein people celebrated individual animals to cope or distract themselves from the wholesale slaughter of animals required by modern consumerism
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 88-100
,
List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Modernity for Animals? -- Jumbo: Sentient Animal Celebrity -- Jumbo: Tourist and Consumer -- Jumbo: Carcass, Relic, Toy -- Conclusion: From Jumbo to Knut -- Bibliography -- Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781137562081
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781137562074
Language:
English
Keywords:
Mensch
;
Tiere
;
Tierethik
;
Geschichte
